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Games like X4: Foundations
Egosoft · 2018 · 79 % positive of 23,847
24 games that play like X4: Foundations and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: X3: Reunion, X3: Terran Conflict and Galactic Civilizations IV.
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At a glance
What games like X4: Foundations have in common
- The tags they share most often with X4: Foundations: Simulation (17 of 24), Space Sim (14) and Space (13).
- They came out between 2006 and 2026, 9 of them after X4: Foundations (2018).
- Best rated by Steam players: Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander (95 % positive of 11,171).
- 7 games both play and look like X4: Foundations, among them X3: Reunion, Space Commander: War and Trade and SPACERIFT: Arcanum System.
By gameplay
Plays like X4: Foundations
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
X3: Reunion
72 % positive of 685
Shared: Space Sim · Simulation · Sandbox
X3: Terran Conflict
85 % positive of 2,791
Shared: Space Sim · Simulation · Sandbox
Galactic Civilizations IV
73 % positive of 1,887
Shared: Simulation · Sandbox · Space
X Rebirth
43 % positive of 7,268
Shared: Space Sim · Simulation · Sandbox
Stellaris
86 % positive of 185,433
Shared: Simulation · Sandbox · Space
Space Commander: War and Trade
67 % positive of 656
Shared: Space Sim · Economy · Space
X2: The Threat
82 % positive of 497
Shared: Space Sim · Simulation · Sandbox
Distant Worlds 2
71 % positive of 3,237
Shared: Simulation · Economy · Space
StarDrive
44 % positive of 1,473
Shared: Space · Exploration · Strategy
Beyond Sol
78 % positive of 186
Shared: Space · Strategy
SPACERIFT: Arcanum System
78 % positive of 431
Shared: Space Sim · Simulation · Economy
Starship Corporation
42 % positive of 552
Shared: Simulation · Space · Strategy
More matches
- StarMade67 % positive of 2,969Shared: Space Sim · Simulation · Sandbox
- Starminer73 % positive of 1,917
- Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity®77 % positive of 793Shared: Space Sim · Space · Base-Building
- Distant Worlds: Universe75 % positive of 1,819Shared: Simulation · Sandbox · Space
- Helium Rain78 % positive of 298Shared: Space Sim · Simulation · Economy
- Galimulator91 % positive of 486Shared: Simulation · Sandbox · Space
- Space Reign83 % positive of 250Shared: Space Sim · Space · Strategy
- Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander95 % positive of 11,171Shared: Space Sim · Simulation · Space
- Outscape75 % positive of 419Shared: Economy · Space · Exploration
- Elite Dangerous77 % positive of 100,024Shared: Space Sim · Simulation · Sandbox
- Starpoint Gemini Warlords73 % positive of 3,532Shared: Space Sim · Simulation · Sandbox
- Interstellar Transport Company67 % positive of 397Shared: Space Sim · Simulation · Sandbox
By look
Looks like X4: Foundations
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
SpaceBourne 2
78 % positive of 4,117
Elite Dangerous
77 % positive of 100,024
Infinity: Battlescape
80 % positive of 724
EVE Online
73 % positive of 36,388
Between the Stars
74 % positive of 2,301
Starpoint Gemini Warlords
73 % positive of 3,532
Sins of a Solar Empire II
85 % positive of 6,946
SpaceCraft
63 % positive of 2,822
SPACERIFT: Arcanum System
78 % positive of 431
SpaceBourne
76 % positive of 773
Space Pirates And Zombies 2
78 % positive of 2,802
Starminer
73 % positive of 1,917
More matches
- Homeworld 340 % positive of 8,029
- Space Reign83 % positive of 250
- Celestial Command65 % positive of 690
- X3: Reunion72 % positive of 685
- Starpoint Gemini 269 % positive of 4,093
- Space Commander: War and Trade67 % positive of 656
- Dreadnought68 % positive of 6,540
- Underspace80 % positive of 348
- BattleGroupVR92 % positive of 902
- NEBULOUS: Fleet Command82 % positive of 3,536
- Dimensions: Dreadnought Architect56 % positive of 192
- Stellar Warfare85 % positive of 367
How these matches work
Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.